Modulation of hair growth

Mammalian hair growth may be modulated by applying to the skin a compound that induces or activates the conjugation of an androgen.

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Claims

1. A method of inducing or activating uridine diphosphate-glucouronosyltransferase to catalyze conjugation of an androgen involved in hair growth with glucuronic acid or inducing or activating a sulfotransferase to catalyze conjugation of an androgen involved in hair growth with a sulfonate to reduce mammalian androgen-stimulated hair growth, which comprises

selecting an area of skin from which hair grows in response to androgen-stimulation and from which reduced hair growth is desired; and
applying to said area of skin a dermatologically acceptable composition comprising an effective amount of a compound that induces or activates said uridine diphosphate-glucouronosyltransferase to catalyze conjugation of said androgen with glucuronic acid or induces or activates said sulfotransferase to catalyze conjugation of said androgen with a sulfonate so that hair growth is reduced from said area of skin.

2. A method of inducing or activating uridine diphosphate-glucouronosyltransferase to catalyze conjugation of an androgen involved in hair growth with glucuronic acid or inducing or activating a sulfotransferase to catalyze conjugation of an androgen involved in hair growth with a sulfonate to increase growth of mammalian hair that does not grow in response to androgen-stimulation, which comprises

selecting an area of skin from which hair that does not grow in response to androgen-stimulation and from which increased hair growth is desired; and
applying to said area of skin a dermatologically acceptable composition comprising an effective amount of a compound that induces or activates said uridine diphosphate-glucouronosyltrasferase to catalyze conjugation of said androgen with glucuronic acid or induces or activates said sulfotransferase to catalyze conjugation of said androgen with a sulfonate so that hair growth is increased from said area of skin, wherein said compound is not flavone or a flavone derivative.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said compound comprises ethoxyquin.

4. The method of claim 1, or wherein said compound comprises 5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyflavone.

5. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said compound comprises butylhydroxyanisole.

6. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said compound comprises phenobarbital.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said compound comprises naringenin.

8. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said compound comprises butylhydroxytoluene.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said compound comprises flavone.

10. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said compound comprises tioconazole.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said compound comprises trans-1,2-bis(2-pyridyl)ethylene.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said compound comprises 7,4'-isoflavandiol.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said compound comprises galangin.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said compound comprises 7-hydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavone.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said compound comprises 5,4'-dihydroxy-7-methoxyisoflavone.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said compound comprises daidzein.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said compound induces or activates the diphosphate-glucouronosyltransferase to catalyze conjugation of said androgen with glucuronic acid.

18. The method of claim 2, wherein said compound induces or activates the sulfotransferase to catalyze conjugation of said androgen with a sulfonate.

19. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said androgen comprises testosterone.

20. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the concentration of said compound in said composition is between 0.1% and 30%.

21. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the composition provides a reduction in hair growth of at least 15% when tested in the Golden Syrian hamster assay.

22. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the composition provides a reduction in hair growth of at least 40% when tested in the Golden Syrian hamster assay.

23. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said mammal is a human.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the area of skin is on the face of the human.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein said human is a woman suffering from hirsutism.

26. The method of claim 2, wherein the area of skin is on the scalp of a human.

27. A method of conjugating an androgen that stimulates androgen-stimulated hair growth to produce a conjugate of said androgen that is more readily eliminated from the body than said androgen to reduce mammalian androgen-stimulated hair growth, which comprises

selecting an area of skin from which hair grows in response to androgen-stimulation and from which reduced hair growth is desired; and
applying to said area of skin a dermatoligically acceptable composition comprising an effective amount of a compound that induces or activates the conjugation of said androgen to produce said conjugate so that hair growth is reduced from said area of skin.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the area of skin is on the face of a human.

29. A method of conjugating an androgen that retards growth of hair that does not grow in response to androgen-stimulation to increase growth of mammalian hair that does not grow in response to androgen-stimulation, which comprises

selecting an area of skin from which hair does not grow in response to androgen-stimulation and from which increased hair growth is desired; and
applying to said area of skin a dermatologically acceptable composition comprising an effective amount of a compound that induces or activates the conjugation of said androgen to produce said conjugate so that hair growth is increased from said area of skin, wherein said compound is not flavone or a flavone derivative.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the area of skin includes the scalp of a human.

31. The method of claim 27 or 29, wherein the compound is an inducer or activator of an androgen conjugation enzyme.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the androgen comprises a testosterone.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the androgen comprises dihydrotestosterone.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein the androgen comprises an androgen selected from the group consisting of androstenedione, androstenediols, and dehydroepiandrosterone.

35. A method of inducing or activating conversion of testosterone to a less active metabolite to reduce mammalian androgen-stimulated hair growth, which comprises

selecting an area of skin from which hair grows in response to androgen-stimulation and from which reduced hair growth is desired; and
applying to said area of skin a dermatologically acceptable composition comprising an effective amount of a compound that induces or activates the conversion of testosterone to said less active metabolite so that the hair growth is reduced form the area of skin.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein the area of skin is on the face of a human.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein the less active metabolite comprises a compound that is more water soluble than testosterone.

38. A method of inducing or activating conversion of testosterone to a less active metabolite to increase hair growth form the scalp of a human, which comprises

selecting an area of the scalp of a human and from which increase hair growth is desired; and
applying to the area of the scalp a dermatologically acceptable composition comprising an effective amount a compound that induces or activates the conversion of testosterone to said less active metabolite so that hair growth increases from the area of the scalp, wherein said compound is not flavone or a flavone derivative.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the less active metabolite comprises a compound that is more water soluble than testosterone.

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Patent History
Patent number: 5958946
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 20, 1998
Date of Patent: Sep 28, 1999
Inventors: Peter Styczynski (Mt. Airy, MD), Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia (Gaithersburg, MD)
Primary Examiner: Rebecca Cook
Law Firm: Fish & Richardson P.C.
Application Number: 9/9,213